The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator

Aniculaesei Constantin; Ha Thanh; Yoffe Samuel; Labun Lance; Milton Stephen; McCary Edward; Spinks Michael M.; Quevedo Hernan J.; Labun Ou Z.; Sain Ritwik; Hannasch Andrea; Zgadzaj Rafal; Pagano Isabella; Franco-Altamirano Jose A.; Ringuette Martin L.; Gaul Erhart; Luedtke Scott V.; Tiwari Ganesh; Ersfeld Bernhard; Brunetti Enrico; Ruhl Hartmut; Ditmire Todd; Bruce Sandra; Donovan Michael E.; Downer Michael C.; Jaroszynski Dino A.; Hegelich Bjorn Manuel

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Aniculaesei Constantin, Ha Thanh, Yoffe Samuel, Labun Lance, Milton Stephen, McCary Edward, Spinks Michael M., Quevedo Hernan J., Labun Ou Z., Sain Ritwik, Hannasch Andrea, Zgadzaj Rafal, Pagano Isabella, Franco-Altamirano Jose A., Ringuette Martin L., Gaul Erhart, Luedtke Scott V., Tiwari Ganesh, Ersfeld Bernhard, Brunetti Enrico, Ruhl Hartmut, Ditmire Todd, Bruce Sandra, Donovan Michael E., Downer Michael C., Jaroszynski Dino A., Hegelich Bjorn Manuel. The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 014001. doi: 10.1063/5.0161687

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Aniculaesei Constantin, Ha Thanh, Yoffe Samuel, Labun Lance, Milton Stephen, McCary Edward, Spinks Michael M., Quevedo Hernan J., Labun Ou Z., Sain Ritwik, Hannasch Andrea, Zgadzaj Rafal, Pagano Isabella, Franco-Altamirano Jose A., Ringuette Martin L., Gaul Erhart, Luedtke Scott V., Tiwari Ganesh, Ersfeld Bernhard, Brunetti Enrico, Ruhl Hartmut, Ditmire Todd, Bruce Sandra, Donovan Michael E., Downer Michael C., Jaroszynski Dino A., Hegelich Bjorn Manuel. The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 014001. doi: 10.1063/5.0161687

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Aniculaesei Constantin, Ha Thanh, Yoffe Samuel, Labun Lance, Milton Stephen, McCary Edward, Spinks Michael M., Quevedo Hernan J., Labun Ou Z., Sain Ritwik, Hannasch Andrea, Zgadzaj Rafal, Pagano Isabella, Franco-Altamirano Jose A., Ringuette Martin L., Gaul Erhart, Luedtke Scott V., Tiwari Ganesh, Ersfeld Bernhard, Brunetti Enrico, Ruhl Hartmut, Ditmire Todd, Bruce Sandra, Donovan Michael E., Downer Michael C., Jaroszynski Dino A., Hegelich Bjorn Manuel. The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 014001. doi: 10.1063/5.0161687

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The acceleration of a high-charge electron bunch to 10 GeV in a 10-cm nanoparticle-assisted wakefield accelerator

doi: 10.1063/5.0161687

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University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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Tau Systems, Inc., Austin, Texas 78701, USA
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

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Received Date: 2023-06-11
Accepted Date: 2023-10-22

Available Online: 2024-01-01

Publish Date: 2024-01-01

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Abstract

An intense laser pulse focused onto a plasma can excite nonlinear plasma waves. Under appropriate conditions, electrons from the background plasma are trapped in the plasma wave and accelerated to ultra-relativistic velocities. This scheme is called a laser wakefield accelerator. In this work, we present results from a laser wakefield acceleration experiment using a petawatt-class laser to excite the wakefields as well as nanoparticles to assist the injection of electrons into the accelerating phase of the wakefields. We find that a 10-cm-long, nanoparticle-assisted laser wakefield accelerator can generate 340 pC, 10 ± 1.86 GeV electron bunches with a 3.4 GeV rms convolved energy spread and a 0.9 mrad rms divergence. It can also produce bunches with lower energies in the 4–6 GeV range.

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